Resources

Training

  • Chessable – Interactive chess books and courses on various essential topics. đź’µ
  • ChessTempo - Tactics, puzzles, interactive books. đź’µ
  • Chessfactor – Learn chess faster through structured training. All for free.
  • Listudy – A chess training application. Use Listudy to better memorize openings and improve chess games with spaced repetition.
  • Aimchess – A tool for analyzing lichess or chess.com games and providing you with useful information on strengths & weaknesses. đź’µ
  • DecodeChess – The first AI chess tutor and explains reason behind chess moves in intuitive language. đź’µ
  • Chessercise: Practice chess with YouTube.
  • ChessMood - Raise your rating and achieve your chess goals. đź’µ
  • Chess Endgame Training – Practice a variety of endgames, from elementary to complex.
  • Hand and Brain Chess – The “brain” will highlight the pieces to move. You must play the correct move as the “hand”.
  • Vision by Chess.com – Coordinate and move speed training.
  • ChessMe - Learn your openings using science-backed techniques
  • Chess Madra - Training and visualization tools.

YouTube

  • Chess.com Channel - This is one of the biggest chess channels in the world. Follow for follow live events and interviews.
  • GM HIkaru - Fun channel by GM Hikaru Nakamura. Entertaining and you will get a few important tips.
  • GothamChess - Levy Rozman is an American international master, coach, commentator, author, and superstar streamer. He hosts one of the most popular chess YT channels on the internet.
  • Agadmator - A Croatian YouTuber and chess player. He has one of the most popular chess channels on YouTube.
  • St. Louis Chess Club - Full chess lectures on chess openings, middlegame, and general chess improvement.
  • ChessBase India - The “Most Popular” chess platform in India and one of the biggest chess media houses in the world. It is the biggest chess news portal and chess software distributor.
  • Chess24 - A chess content hub for players of all levels. The channel covers all major chess tournaments using unique broadcast technology, and commentators.
  • Killer Chess Training - Improve your chess.
  • Chess Dojo - A hub for chess players, improvers, and coaches.
  • FIDE Chess - International Chess Federation official channel. Live broadcasts from FIDE tournaments, including World Championship cycle, world rapid and blitz championships, etc.
  • Hanging Pawns - For players who are trying to improve by player who is trying to improve.
  • Remote Chess Academy - A lot of instructive videos on chess improvement that include key strategies, important principles, tactical patterns, opening traps, endgame techniques, and more!
  • PowerPlayChess - GM Daniel King shares his expertise and passion for the game of chess.
  • Always Dizzy - An adult improver and document his journey as he try to increase his chess rating. He stream myself playing chess on Twitch and also record chess-related videos on YouTube.
  • Silicon Road - All about the best chess on the planet and how to learn from it! This channel shows how to use chess engines like Leela and Stockfish as powerful training partners in the opening, middlegame and endgame, and help you improve your chess in exciting and modern ways.
  • Anna Cramling - A Spanish-Swedish chess player, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master.
  • Botez Live - Welcome to BotezLive, a chess show hosted by two sisters, Alexandra and Andrea.
  • Anna Rudolf - Chess broadcaster and variety streamer. Lipstick maniac. Former Olympian, Chess Grandmaster.

Podcasts

  • The Chicken Chess Club Podcast - A weekly chess podcast hosted by three household names of the chess world – grandmasters Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet, and Peter Heine-Nielsen in which they catch up and discuss recent happenings in the world of chess, the world of chess politics, and – last but not least – their own personal lives.
  • The Perpetual Chess Podcast - one of the oldest, most respected, and most notable Chess Podcasts out there. Hosted by the National Master Ben Johnson and founded in 2016, the podcast features guests from all spheres of the chess world – chess educators, content creators, authors, top players, and adult improvers.
  • chessfeels - chessfeels is a weekly podcast about chess culture, improvement, and psychology from chess teacher JJ Lang and therapist Julia Rios.
  • The Chess Underground - A show that explores eccentricities, peculiarities, and theoretical novelties. Hosted by NM Pete Karagianis, the US Chess Assistant Director of Events.
  • The Chess Experience - A Podcast That Helps You Learn Chess With More Clarity & Fun.
  • Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement - Dedicated to the journey of adult chess improvement. Each week a guest will discuss what has worked for them, what hasn’t worked as well, and the status of their journey.
  • How to Chess - A Weekly, Rapid-Fire Chess Podcast Devoted to Helping You Improve Your Game. Hosted by Ben Johnson.
  • C-Squared Podcast - The C-Squared Podcast is an in depth weekly discussion about the chess world with your hosts, Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila. Bringing the biggest news and chess stars to your doorstep!
  • The Chess Angle - The Chess Angle is the official podcast of the renowned Long Island Chess Club in NY. Discussions on chess, tournament play, and improvement at the amateur and club level.
  • Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast - The official podcast of ChessDojo (IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, & GM Jesse Kraai).

Tactics

  • ChessTactics – One of the largest and longest-standing tactics trainer websites.
  • CT-ART - Training course for that will introduce you to typical chess combinations and develop playing skills. đź’µ
  • ChessPuzzle – Features unique puzzles from various categories, including ones from tournament games. đź’µ
  • ChessCup – Puzzle Rush and other puzzle battles.
  • Chess Improver - Chess improvement website founded by GM Nigel Davies and written by chess teachers and enthusiasts.

Statistics

  • OpeningTree – Analyze the win/loss ratio with various openings for any Lichess or Chess.com.
  • ChessMonitor - Learn about your own and other players’ statistics.
  • ChessHQ - A database of over 5 million chess games. Build collections of master games and personal games, and share them with your friends.
  • ChessTree – Chess opening explorer and repertoire builder.
  • ChessRoots – Offers a clear visualization of opening trees and transpositions spanning thousands of games from Lichess and other databases.
  • Chess Rating Comparison: Compare ratings between Lichess, Chess.com, FIDE, USCF.

Software

  • Scid vs. PC - Create databases, run chess engines.
  • ChessX – Chess database and PGN viewer.
  • En Croissant - An open-source, cross-platform chess GUI that aims to be powerful, customizable and easy to use.
  • Lucas Chess - All-in-one chess program.

Database

  • CaĂŻssabase – A free, regularly updated database of over 4 million games.
  • ChessBase - Chess database. A must for serious learners. đź’µ
  • Lichess Elite Database – A curated collection of Lichess games, limited to 2400+ players.
  • ChessGames – Founded on an extensive database of historical chess games combined with discussion forums.
  • 365Chess – An online database of chess games easily searchable by year, player, tournament, ECO code, and/or other parameters.

Optical Recognition

  • Chessvision.ai - Analyse chess positions from any website, image or video. Upload your chess books and study it.
  • ChessCam - Record your chess games with a mobile phone and download the PGN.

Misc

Tournament Manager

  • Termelo - The most powerful chess tournament management system. The easiest way to collect payments, do pairings and play games over the board, hybrid or online. đź’µ
  • ChessManager - The World’s Most Intuitive Chess Pairing Software. Reliable, yet easy-to-use program that lets you quickly organize both local tournaments and national championships. đź’µ
  • Playinga - Exclusive software to manage chess clubs and leagues. đź’µ
  • Coronate - Coronate is a free web app for managing Swiss-style chess tournaments.
  • Swips - A unique solution that provides tournament pairing engine for the organizers. It is server-based and it is also accessible using a web browser. đź’µ
  • Vesus - Full management of chess events; handling publication, registration, results, and real-time data.
  • Chess Nut - The user-friendly platform designed for Chess tournament directors and club organizers. đź’µ